Your body is trying to protect you

It's time to lay down burden... ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

If you’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) or an empath, chances are you feel everything.

Not just your own emotions—but the energy, emotions, and even unspoken needs of the people around you.

It’s beautiful, isn’t it?

To care that deeply.

But it’s also a lot for the nervous system to carry.

You might find yourself constantly clenching your jaw, holding your breath, tensing your shoulders, or feeling tightness in your chest or belly.

These aren’t just “habits”.

Your body is trying to protect you from overstimulation, emotional overload, and sometimes even from your own beautiful, boundless compassion.

For HSPs and empaths, body tension often isn’t just physical—it’s energetic.

We absorb more, feel more, and hold more in our fascia, nervous system, and emotional body.

And unless we create space to release, that tension starts to feel like our normal.

But here’s the thing:
You don’t have to carry it all.
Your body knows how to come back to ease.
You are allowed to soften.

You are sensitive, yes—but you are not fragile.

Your sensitivity is sacred.

It’s a gift, not a flaw.

The healing begins when we listen to our bodies instead of trying to push through.

When we move with the tension instead of against it.

When we remember that nervous system regulation isn’t about “calming down”... it’s about coming home to ourselves.

Take a moment today to exhale.
Let your shoulders drop.
Place a hand over your heart.
And just be with yourself.

You’re doing so beautifully, even when it feels hard.

Your body knows.

Trust it.

With Love and Compassion,
Nicole Sawyer